In 1933, her stories on Gandhi garnered international attention. While in India, she discovered an ancient, reconstructed Thuggee temple near Bhubaneshwar and called upon Jones to help her investigate.

In 1936, she joined up once more with Jones at Barnett College shortly after The Book of Abraham had come into his possession. The pair's research into the tome led them to Paris, where they discovered a powdered substance that medieval alchemist Nicholas Flamel claimed could turn lead into gold.